They do have a deal there…If you look roght now….They have three major players with listings there….I just got two of them!

I agree with you on:
“You charge what you charge because your customers and your competition have dictated what constitutes fair market value”

RentalHouses started that “AYCE” monster way back when the internet first got big, I have fought that battle on every visit to my customers.

But being the smart Businessman that I am I had to think outside the box in order to overcome the plague of alce pricing.

And I have! I would never make it in the market if I only charged $199.00 a month for listings.

Rememeber, P.M.’s are dying for people to walk into the door who knows what they are doing and how to make there business better.

In this industry you have to be/get really smart…I.E. my post earlier about the rentals rep. They know I’m here, They know what I am doing to them in this market and they are not happy about it. Even to the point they are slinging mud .

If you were confident your product is delivering better results than the competition, then shame on you for not being a better businessman and commanding more for your product. You’re not going to make it anyway.

PM’s - Go ahead and waste your time thinking free sites are where your tenants are coming from. Tenants don’t like using free sites because it lacks fresh, relative content. Hey Mr. PM - when you place free ads do you take the time to remove them when the property is rented? Do you place your complete inventory even though they are not going to be vacant anytime in the near future because you think people say “I saw your listings everywhere and want to lease from you because of that”. You guys are notorious for placing your complete invetory on free sites because…ITS FREE! And you want to give the impression that you are the biggest player in town to garner more business. Come on PM’s, today’s tenants are smater than you are giving them credit for. When tenants visit free sites (thats if they find them - free sites do not spending $$$ on SEO) they become quickly frustrated with the stale, irrelevant content. This will be a persistent problem even when Google takes the market over.

PM’s use free sites because 1) they are cheap
and/or 2) because they are mentally challenged.
Smart businessmen/salespeople quickly identify these PM’s right off the bat. They are not the kind of customer’s you want. Refer them to the hillbillies over at rentalhouses.

This industry is so big there’s enough room for everybody - the national sites, the regional sites, the struggling AYCE sites, and the free sites. The smart one’s will best serve their customers and make a tremendous amount of $$$ doing so. There is nothing wrong with that so don’t hate them for it.

The cheapest PM Company I have ever encountered was Walter Williams in Jax. They have ads up on RHPlus so they must be free trials!If you can get their business and actually have them pay you…..you are my hero!

MGG

Who is the Rentals Rep in Jax? Word on the street is that there is a lot of turmoil with their Florida Reps. Gene Bennet’s daughter is their Orlando Rep and he is pusing RH Plus!

I think they are trying to dump her.

The Rep in Tampa has been nothing but trouble! She is a real real piece of work!

They have 3 Reps in Fla and are trying to hire a fourth in South Florida…..but their ad numbers and revenue are tanking. Another piece of great work by “HUEY”

MGG

Rentals has a full time Rep there now….what a waste!

MGG

You have to deal with the Jax PM’s?

Sorry man!

MGG

You are correct about that….I tried several strategies to try to gain more P.M.’s So that is why I went with my pricing structure. But I always try new things to see what will work best for me and them.

As far as markets I picked Jax to start because I live here. I can better serve my customer on a one on one basis like I do know.

I have plans to grow…I will save all the news for later

“Everyone sees what three bright young, articulate and determined “boys””

The Rentclicks founders sold out way to soon and left major $ on the table!

I know they had enough of PM,s and were burnt out…….but they sold out to Metz and Jamie too easily!

Borden took the money and ran. He left all his loyal employees working for a sh*t company…..Primedia!

Not many of those poor bastards are still working for PRM. Quirk is still there though!

Chung is still there also…….last employee still around from original Jax office……..He may run the whole show someday….if he can put up with all the crap that has gone on the past two years…… he and the roaches would probably still be there after a nuclear winter!

I hope that the Primedia stock continues its amazing slide downward!

Someone at Rentclicks actually said I should invest in PRM! Thank God I didn’t!

MGG